Reviews of true crime, investigative primers, and crime fiction
Reviews
Review: “Artifice,” by Sharon Cameron
Sharon Cameron’s latest young adult novel explores the difference between art and artifice. by Tina Chambers & Chapter16.org Artifice By Sharon... Read More
Review: “This Is How We End Things,” by R.J. Jacobs
A Murder on Campus: The psychology of deception takes center stage in R.J. Jacobs’ new thriller. by Billy Kilgore & Chapter16.org... Read More
Review: “Those We Thought We Knew,” by David Joy
A small town is shaken by racial turmoil in David Joy’s Those We Thought We Knew. by Abby N. Lewis & Chapter16.org Those We Thought We Knew By David Joy. G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 400 pages. $28. David Joy, author of crime mystery novels such as Where All... Read More
Review: “Devil Makes Three,” by Ben Fountain
Blood and Gold: Power, desire, and survival collide in Ben Fountain’s Devil Makes Three. by Ed Tarkington & Chapter16.org Devil Makes... Read More
Review: “I’ll Stop the World”
Time’s Bridge: Teens work against the clock to save lives in a time-twisty murder mystery. by Tina Chambers & Chapter16.org I’ll... Read More
Review: “He Called Me Sister”
Ministering to the Least of These: A family learns about grace from a death row prisoner. by Jim Patterson & Chapter16.org He Called Me Sister: A True Story of Finding Humanity on Death Row By Suzanne Craig Robertson. Morehouse Publishing. 240... Read More
Review & Interview: “Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System”
M. Chris Fabricant, an Innocence Project attorney, has written a damning indictment of how bite mark evidence and other debunked... Read More
Review: “It’s One of Us,” by J.T. Ellison
Heartbreak and Betrayal: J.T. Ellison pens a deeply personal, compelling thriller with It’s One of Us. by G. Robert Frazier... Read More